Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988ioch.rept....1c&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, Infrared Observations of Comets Halley and Wilson and Properties of the Grains p 1-21 (SEE N89-13330 04-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
2
Cometary Atmospheres, Cosmic Dust, Halley'S Comet, Infrared Astronomy, Astronomical Photometry, Emission Spectra, Hydrocarbons, Infrared Spectra
Scientific paper
The main infrared observational results were briefly reviewed at the start of this session. The new results are summarized. All of these results have yet to be synthesized into a self-consistent picture of the dust grain composition, dust production history, outburst mechanisms, and composition of the nucleus. The workshop discussion was helpful in pointing out problems faced by theorists, such as data quality, the lack of the proper theory for computing the scattering and emission of irregular particles, and in some cases the lack of optical constants of realistic materials. It is expected that the gross spectral and dynamical properties of Halley's Comet can be understood in time, even if the details of the observations and the theoretical calculations continue to vex us in the future.
Campins Humberto C.
Tokunaga Alan T.
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